Sh1t! I missed that. Which episode bro so that I will be ready for the re-run? China? Vietnam? Malaysia?

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Added on January 29, 2009, 9:40 amAbout a month or two ago, Ikano was selling them babies for RM300 (give or take). Negotiable too. But they were sold as fast goreng pisang panas. Just FYI.

This post has been edited by Azazel: Jan 29 2009, 09:40 AM

I was almost sure that there were two species there i.e. commons and alligators because they looked different and were sold at a different price. Oh well, maybe the both were common snappers and the cheaper ones were the low graded ones. Anything is a possibility nowadays.

Most of the time yes. It's known as a prolapse. Most of the time, if the animals do not retract, an experienced keeper need to re-insert the organ back into the body. This process must be done with precision and judicial force should be implemented. It is also be best done during the early stage, before the exposed organ get swollen. Some herps may even suggest stitches to prevent from re-occuring.

This is just the worse case scenario. If the matter isn't serious, then the above is not necessary.

Just for info - a prolapse is USUALLY an initial sign of internal parasite infestation. You might want to check into that.

Just my RM0.02. You can choose to ignore it if you wish.

Regards
-Azazel-

I have a question. Nowadays, a lot of shops selling chelonians with such claims that they come with papers. Have anybody seen one (the paper) or know how they (the papers) would look like?

Thanks in advance.

Regards
-Azazel-

SAMPERTH: Please relay the below message to your friend Sam i.e.

"After so many years knowing you, I have only one thing to say...RESPECT!!! . You have reached "GOD" level. Rest assured than "SATAN" is trying hard to catch up. It's a bit hard since he just re-surfaced from Hell."

LMAO!!!

Regards

I used to know a guy who had Kachuga Tectas. He was aiming to breed and multiply the species. Just like Astrochelys yniphoras, they are branded as CITES 1 for a reason. Most of the time, such reason is due to extinction. But he failed and the animals were released to our ecosystem instead. Thanks to the heroic efforts from a certain authority. That guy has a message to the authority: "I am sure your efforts are praised by most of our dumb and blind society because you only portray the truth BUT NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH. Thanks to you, they may now end up being an invasive species. Congrats MOFO! Now please go back home, twist your d1ck towards your damn ar$ehole and fuc.k yourself. Why? Because you deserve it."

For your fuc.king info please.

Regards

1. Obviously you haven't dealt with them before. Anyway, I do not wish to extend the matter further and therefore please accept my sincere apology Admin.

2. True. Unfortunately, "what's wrong" and "what's right" are just perceptions.

Regards

I second that. Or are they aldabras (Geochelone gigantea)?

I think the only way to know for sure is to be like Darwin i.e. go there and catch one (or two) yourself. LOL!

Try this:
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/923712/+20

Looks different that the rest i.e. seems healthier and bigger.

Who the hell is Farid Karim?! Anyway, come out come out wherever you are...haha

FbinI is a lot darker and more twisted than FbinK. LMAO!

I think you are mistaken. Perhilitan did not shut this thing down. It was the owner who shut it down under his own free will. He still has the database. Only domain name was sold.

You know what, they actually persuaded him to continue because it's their lubuk to "fish". There was no "push" the owner to stop.

Agreed. All you have to be is an enthusiast.

Kat sebelah sana siap dah ada yang albino. Just for info. Cute but I heard senang mampus. Never had first hand experience though.

Regards

I am more than 100% sure the Tort King knows exactly what they are.

Frankly, I do not know what I am going to do with them...yet. Probably keep. Probably not.

Enjoy!

This post has been edited by Azazel: Apr 8 2010, 11:01 AM

I think she is too small to be egg bound. But I have not bred any stars yet. So I would not know much. Hope you could find the answer.

Yes, I noticed that too. But I have been keeping the cherrys for 2 years (give or take) from 2 inchers with no ill effects or abnomalities. Since they grow and look ok, I will continue until I move all of them outside (this period will be very soon when I move to a new house). They smell less this way too. A year ago, their enclosures were different. And they smell like shi.t. But since I started keeping geckos which is consuming a lot of space (in my freaking jamban LOL!), I decided to alter their enclosures to a simpler one to accomodate my other animals. Now lesser smell yet dryer skin.

Regarding to the scutes - are you refering that it's too dry or already distorted/pyramiding? If it's the former, then I would continue the same husbandry until I move them outside. But if it's the latter, then I guess I have to re-correct my husbandry sooner that I hope. Let me know alright.

Thanks!

Noted on your point. Here is something I have observed for the past few years keeping them on various setups (3 types to be exact). All were moved from one setup to another at the same time. Therefore, there was not even one day each was separated from the other. But the way they do grow seems different. I will give you two more examples. They are as below:

Specimen 1:

This specimen came to me with a slightly distorted carapace whereby the few back half of its scutes were higher that the rest. But after about a year or so, all the scutes starting to show the same height. Either the front scutes had risen or the back scutes had sucken. I sincerely do not know which is which until now. But she seems to look way better now compared to before. Back then, people thought she was cacat LOL!

Specimen 2:

The ideal cherry scutes should look like this right? If so, this exact specimen was kept at exactly the same condition with the bigger one. And they are the same batch. The big one was way smaller than this specimen but now this specimen is the smallest in my collection. Does this mean that it's a male? But it doesn't look like any other males I have though. I really can't tell yet because it's still 3.5 inch (+-). It eats like a pig though. But doesn't seem to grow much. As you can see from its head, this specimen is also being kept dry.

Now comes the most important question i.e. why do some specimens' carapace are smooth while some are "warty" eventhough their husbandry are exactly the same? Do genetics play any part in this? I asked because eventhough they were all from the same shipment batch, they do not however look like they came from the same parentage.


Yes I remember. I just forgot to ask this one question though i.e. did he received them like that or did he made them thay way? They were ugly though. Look exactly like a carved pu$$y. LMFAO! Anyway I noticed his indoor setups too. And they were completely different from mine. His setups were totally (as in they look like they were living in a desert LOL!) dry. I always thought that scutes are made to grow "out". But he managed to make them grow "in". It's amazing. LOL!

I'll be correcting them soon. No worries mate! Thanks for the advice.

Regards.